Rick Gevers & Associates

We have TWO new ND openings in this week’s newsletter…one the result of a promotion for a veteran newsman. And the other opening is because a station which has been without an ND for almost three years is resuming its search. And there is ONE new ND to tell you about.

My figures show 17 stations with an open ND position.

Sadly we’ve have some information about the death of a Miami EP. He’s a former ND in Atlanta and Spokane. That’s below.

Also below are a few new news management openings and one name in the news.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

Ackermann

WXIX-TV, Cincinnati, OH…congratulations to STEVE ACKERMANN who will assume full-time responsibilities as a Raycom Regional News Director (one of three for the company). Steve’s been the ND for this FOX-affiliate for the last five years and will continue to be based in Cincinnati. He previously was the ND for Belo’s Texas Cable News in Dallas and spent many years working for CBS News, as a regional news service producer in Kansas City and also in New York. He’s also worked in his native Louisiana.

KMPH-TV, Fresno, CA…this Fox affiliate is apparently taking steps to fill this long vacant opening (since 2007!). The job is being advertised on the station’s website. KMPH is owned by New World TV Group which acquired many of the former Pappas TV stations. The last ND here was GEOFF ROTH who left in July, 2007, to go across the street to KSEE-TV in Fresno. (Geoff’s now teaching at Hofstra University.)

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

Carl

KMTV, Omaha, NE…AL CARL returns to his native Nebraska as ND for this Journal Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate. He’s been the Morning EP for KSHB-TV in Kansas City since last September, but had spent several years working for WDAF-TV in Kansas City before his job was eliminated at that Fox affiliate. Al’s a former ND for WAAY-TV in Huntsville, AL, and has also worked in Albany, NY, Savannah, and Saginaw, MI. At KMTV, he replaces SCOTT PICKEN who left the station last month after 14 months as ND.

MULTI MEDIA CONTENT DIRECTOR:

The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA (listed 12/12/09)

ASSIGNMENT MANAGER:

The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA (listed 12/18/09)

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OBITUARY:

Gilks

CHRIS GILKS, an Executive Producer at Miami’s WPLG-TV, died last Wednesday after a long illness following a liver transplant. He’s a former ND in Atlanta (WGCL-TV) and Spokane, WA (KXLY-TV). He also worked in San Diego, San Francisco, and Detroit. I believe he was an Ohio University grad and a native of Canada. The station aired this tribute to him. Unfortunately I have no information about his age, survivors, funeral arrangements, or memorial information. I’ll add that information to the website if/when I get it.

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NAME in the NEWS:

Parrott

RANDY PARROTT, who spent more than six years as ND at KAIT-TV in Jonesboro, AR, has been named Weekend Supervising Producer for Local Tv’s WDAF-TV in Kansas City. Randy’s familiar with Missouri, having worked in Springfield and Columbia, as well as Houston, Dallas, and Tulsa.

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Here’s a complete list of all stations that I believe have an ND opening, as of Friday, February 26, 2010.

And if you know of updates, corrections, or additions to this list, please let me know via email: rick@rickgevers.com